The Netherlands scored four times in a torrid 15-minute first-half stretch, overwhelming Vietnam 7-0 in the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday and sealing first place in Group E. The Dutch went into the match in second place on goal differential behind the United States. The Netherlands dominated almost from the start.
Wellington it s at the southern tip of the north island with the u.s. played the netherlands. that game was a tie 11. we heard from two players and andy sullivan, they are both making their world cup debuts about what they could have worked on and what they could ve done better after the netherlands came. looking ahead as we go to the portable game. take a listen. we had a lot of great moments during the netherlands game i think we want to build off those and make them more consistent. we want to bring that to the portugal game. and right dad was born in portugal so he thinks it was so awesome that the woman s team made it to the world cup for the first time i think that just shows how much is going into the women s game over there. but he s definitely sharing for me as you heard from both of them are looking ahead to tuesday. that is when the groupie standings will be decided. at the exact same moment the netherlands kicks off against vietnam and then against portugal and because
Of 16 so what that means from the u.s. we heard from the players right now is that they are going to really focus on playing fast getting those goals really racked up so if it does come down, depending on the results of the other game if it is goal differential we still finish out on top but we are still very excited for that tuesday came and auckland, all send it back to you. molly thank you so much in new zealand for us with that great report. new key figures the trump legal saga expected 24 hours from now will they flip on the former president and trump urges his 2024 rivals to drop out as a brave few double down on this mountain of legal issues. is that strategy actually working in their favor all next. arity. so i was in the pharmacy and i saw a display of prevagen
Flooeld field of play and it s such afy ni finite, elite group. you had serena, and lebron, and they were all kind of geeking out. and beckham. david beckham was very emotional afterwards because he really knows how hard this path has been to get him here, and now he s here through 2025. it is really something. also a lot of focus on the ladies. yes. which is super exciting. the world cup, so this wednesday, usa back on the field. pretty decisive women against vietnam. as expected, right? it wasn t about whether or not they were going to win that game against vietnam, but about really what the goal differential was going to be. they left some goals out there, but i think those will come. now they face the netherlands. that s a much tougher test. they rank ninth in fifa, but i want to play you guy what is naomi girma had to say. listen. i think it s to be expected and i think going to this world cup, you know, the game has just grown and a lot of federations
Effort from the united states women s national team, they looked cohesive and it left a lot of room for improvement, which is kind of what you want. if they weren t back-to-back champs i don t know that we would be dissecting it as much as we are. it was really just a matter of how big that goal differential was going to be. it ended up being a great way to start this year s campaign. the u.s. possessed the ball for the majority of the game, which is what s important, sophia smith making her world cup debut. she drove the ball into the back of the net to opening the scoring in the 14th minute and really set the tone, and she was not done. striking again deep in stoppage time at the end of the first half for her second goal of the game, and at just under 23 years old, she is one of the faces of this tournament, the second youngest player in u.s. women s team history to score multiple goals in a world cup game. then we have a veteran like we all know in megan rapinoe making a little hist